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Startup Profiles and Templates

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Startup Profiles and Templates

Overview

Startup profiles store pre-configured boot settings for quick deployment. Ideal for standardizing VM configurations.

Create Startup Profile

Save Current Config

# Export VM config
qm config 100 > /root/vm-startup-profile.txt
 
# Or use JSON
qm config 100 --output-format json

Template Variables

# Create template file
# File: /root/templates/web-server.xml
<vm>
  <memory>4096</memory>
  <cores>2</cores>
  <boot>order=scsi0</boot>
</vm>

Use Templates

Clone with Template

# Use template on clone
qm clone 100 101 --name "new-vm" --full 1

Bulk VM Creation

# Create multiple VMs
for i in 110 111 112 113 114; do
  qm create $i \
    --name "web-$i" \
    --memory 4096 \
    --cores 2 \
    --scsi0 local:32 \
    --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 \
    --onboot 1
done

Standard Profiles

Minimum Profile

# Basic VM
qm set 100 \
  --memory 2048 \
  --cores 2 \
  --boot order=scsi0

Database Profile

# Database VM
qm set 101 \
  --memory 8192 \
  --cores 4 \
  --scsi0 local:64 \
  --boot order=scsi0 \
  --onboot 1

Web Server Profile

# Web VM
qm set 102 \
  --memory 4096 \
  --cores 2 \
  --scsi0 local:32 \
  --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 \
  --boot order=scsi0 \
  --onboot 1

Automation

Script Template

#!/bin/bash
# create-vm-from-template.sh
 
VMID=$1
NAME=$2
MEMORY=${3:-4096}
CORES=${4:-2}
 
qm create $VMID \
  --name "$NAME" \
  --memory $MEMORY \
  --cores $CORES \
  --scsi0 local:32 \
  --net0 virtio,bridge=vmbr0 \
  --onboot 1 \
  --boot order=scsi0
 
echo "VM $VMID created"

Usage

# Create VM
./create-vm-from-template.sh 900 web-server 4096 2
 
# Quick VM
./create-vm-from-template.sh 901 test-vm

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